pilgrim

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pilgrim

like a snail, monastic

moving within a quiet

shell

itinerant

novitiate

at first a monk is in the 

cell carrying home

no defense other than 

retreat

we hold peace close

and now the cell is in the 

monk  

withdrawing and appearing 

for both cadence and necessary 

repair

 

ls 7.29.26